Berkeley County School Board · District 6 · Nonpartisan
LaKyshia Godfrey
I'm a Cane Bay parent, running to represent District 6 — on growth, school capacity, and infrastructure that hasn't kept up.
“A Voice for District 6” 🌿 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — scroll all the way down your ballot.
A Voice for Every Family in District 6
I'm not a career politician — I'm a mom, a small business owner, and someone who has lived both sides of the education question. I've homeschooled my own children, and I've also sent my kids — and my siblings — through Berkeley County public schools. Without ever changing my address, I've been a Whitesville Elementary parent, a Foxbank Elementary guardian, and now a Cane Bay Middle parent. The lines moved around me — I didn't move.
That's exactly why I'm running in District 6: growth at schools like Cane Bay doesn't stay contained. It spills into neighboring schools and drives up property taxes for families across the county — including here. I understand what working families actually need: single-income, dual-income, homeschool, hybrid, or full-time public school. This campaign is grassroots, built on neighbors and conversations — not a political machine.
Growth Nobody Planned For
My children attend Cane Bay Middle, so I see this firsthand. Cane Bay Elementary opened in 2009, and overcrowding was so immediate that 5th graders were taught in portables from the start. When Cane Bay Middle opened in 2012, it was built to hold grades 5 through 8 — pulling 5th graders out of elementary early, a structure most of the country doesn't use. In most states, 5th grade stays in elementary school; that overflow doesn't just disappear — it lands on neighboring schools, stretching their classrooms, their bus routes, and their budgets too.
It's not just classrooms. Cane Bay neighborhoods flood, and Whitesville Elementary floods too — infrastructure that hasn't kept pace with how fast this county has grown. Schools and stormwater planning aren't separate problems; they're the same problem: growth approved faster than the county has planned to support it.
- 2009 Cane Bay Elementary opens — 5th graders taught in portables from day one due to overcrowding.
- 2012 Cane Bay Middle opens, grades 5–8 — 5th graders moved there instead of getting real elementary capacity.
- Today Enrollment caps at Cane Bay schools; neighboring schools and taxpayers absorb the strain.
Rooftops > Classrooms
Berkeley County keeps approving new housing growth faster than it plans for the classroom seats, bus routes, and teachers that growth requires — and the cost lands on every taxpayer, not just the neighborhood being built. District 6 deserves a board member who plans capacity before the rooftops go up, not after.
LaKyshia's Priorities for District 6
Capacity Planning Tied to Growth
New development shouldn’t get approved without a real school capacity plan attached — so the tax burden doesn’t fall on families who had nothing to do with the growth.
02Transparent Zoning
Parents deserve to know — before they buy — whether a school zone is likely to change.
03Support for Teachers
Smaller class sizes and real relief for teachers in overcrowded classrooms aren’t a luxury — they’re a necessity.
04Real Options for Working Families
Quality child care and flexible schooling paths — homeschool, hybrid, and public — for single- and dual-income households alike.
05Accountability & Communication
Parents should hear from the board before decisions are made — not after.
06Lived Experience, Not Theory
A board member who has homeschooled and used Berkeley County public schools — both sides, not one.
07Infrastructure That Keeps Pace
Cane Bay neighborhoods flood. Whitesville Elementary floods. Growth is outpacing stormwater and infrastructure planning too.
District 6 Isn't Even One Piece
Pull up the county's own GIS map and District 6 doesn't read as one neighborhood — it's scattered fragments: a strip near Forest Acres and Chaparral Ranches squeezed against Cane Bay, a stretch out past Betaw Lane, a sliver near Pinopolis and Berkeley Elementary. Families a few streets apart end up zoned for entirely different schools, and those lines don't stay put. I've lived it myself: without ever changing my address, I've been a Whitesville Elementary parent, a Foxbank Elementary guardian, and now a Cane Bay Middle parent.
That's not a partisan issue. It's a transparency issue: families deserve to know their zone before they buy a home, not find out after the lines have already shifted again.
Check Your Own Zone
Berkeley County GIS — School Mapping Application
Don't assume based on your neighborhood's name — look up your exact address and confirm your current school and board district.
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LaKyshia Godfrey Nonpartisan